Nikon J1 vs Panasonic G2 vs Sony NEX-5 vs Olympus PEN E-PL

Reading emails today and seeing wonderful news! Nikon finally has announced the small sensor nonDSLR mirrorless camera with interchangeable lenses that opens the door to creativity anywhere. Built around new small body, 10Mpx C-MOS sensor, new lens mount. Ladies and gentlemans fastest mirrorless cameras Nikon 1 line are here.

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Whats next? Nikon D800 or D700s

I have been reading several discussion about what is the future Nikon product. Are we going to see an upgrade like Nikon D700s or fully working new model which could be called Nikon D800? I am going to make my personal bet not only for cheapest full frame dslr however also for top model which for sure will be Nikon D5 and not D4.

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Or can we say Leica D-Lux 5 vs D-Lux 4? :)

I am probably not the only one who said when first hear about Panasonic Lumix LX4 "Thats it!" LX4 was probably first compact camera with all manual feature any even DSLR user can imagine. What is more finally with real wide angle fast lens. Lumix LX3 so become another camera along with my Nikon Dslr. Now we have an upgrade: Panasonic LX5... reason enough to upgrade or not? How about LX6 rumours? :) UPDATE: Fuji X100 i is here... new man in the town?

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Help needed... How to shot Newborn or babies in general?

Well... our family is +1 and even I trying to shot almost everything... i found not very easy to photograph my little princess Sarah. She sleep almost whole day, not following my commands... when I want to make her naked she start to piss... Here are some links I found so far regarding this topi:

• http://www.opensourcephoto.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=19454
• http://www.digital-photography-school.com/3-quick-newborn-photography-tips
• http://www.digital-photography-school.com/photographing-babies
• http://www.shootbaby.com.au/
• http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/photography-beginners-forum-photo-gallery/235159-first-newborn-shoot-c-c-please.html

Posing rules for model or photographer?

Everyone who shoot especially unexperience models probably find difficulties how to explain and get good poses. Sometimes it is even worse like lack of ideas of the photographer. It is also common situation when someone wanted to start doing portraits or scenic photos. I have tried to find some good resources on the net and this post is just about my results: model posing guides to download and print etc.

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Front focus and Back focus manual adjustment

Front or back focusing can be a serious problem. You buy new Nikon camera and suddenly does not focus properly with old lenses. Very frustrating. And even more when you take all to the Nikon service and after one month they will send it back with result "everything is in limit". So lets talk about D90 back/front focus adjustment. How to adjust autofocus of your camera in 30 minutes.

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Nikon D7000 vs Nikon D90

It is always very interesting to follow whats going on at better-amateur camera market. Especially from Nikon point of view, because this company deliver new model line every year. :) This time they claim Nikon D7000 is not succesor of Nikon D90. Is it true? No one really care, important is a fact if its good camera to buy now days or not. Why I am thinking about? Well.. I have to upgrade my old D70! .

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Home made softbox

Every photographer have been thinking about buying softbox lights at least once. However especially for amateurs there is a question of need and if its good idea to spend few hunders bucks for softbox or should I buy new lens instead.

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Landscape photos are easy!

Landscaapes... most of peoplelove it. There are nice colorful with lot of details. Why in hell none of my picture looks the same? Probably I do not have Eur 5000+ camera equipment. No no. The truth is much simplier. Hot to shoot landscape? Hot to make landscape pictures? Lets have a look hot to do it step-by-step. Simple manual how to make landscape that all of your friends say just wow. UPDATED: 10/2010

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Nikon D300 vs D700 ... Nikon D700 vs D3

Tima is running and again, we have the same question however in newer jacket. Which one is better? We are not going to talk about Canon D5. Now it is good time to decide if the older model is good enough to buy or not since the price of the older one will go down very soon. Same story again. :)

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Photo flash light with umbrella

Intro

One day, almost every photographer decide or at least start to think about his own studio. The easiest way is to make some kind of amateur studio (atelier) at home. The problem is to find some relevant info or how tos. There just a few articals about this important topic for beginers or people without good infos or friends whit such know how. (more...)

D200 vs. D300: sample pics

Few days ago I have posted small artical about comparsion of Nikon D200 vs D300. Now I found Nikon D300 sample gallery on some chinese forum. So lets heck it out and see its noise and detail capability. Its still good time to decide if the older model is good enough or not. D300 or D200? That is the question...

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Lets go to Israel!

Israel, small country with high media coverage. Country some people dream about. Some ones hate it. The others fighting for and the rest is afraid of. Me and two friends of mine decided to make a short trip to israel and try to visit all places we have heard about from news and bible. So this is photo report of our israel trip because my camera made me a company of course! So pictures from Israel!

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Nikon D300 vs D200

Just 3 days after anouncing brand new Canon D40 new Nikon horse arrive as well. Welcome Nikon D300 successor of the famous Nikon D200. Thats marketing we are not that much interested in. New model come old become to be a part of history. This is the best time to decide if the older model is good enough to buy or not since the price of the older one will go down very soon.

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WordPress delete hack/plugin

Its just few days I have started to use WordPress and I am not sure it is right system for me. There are few things I am really missing here like possibility to delete more than one post at once (sometimes delete all posts). I am not real bloger and maybe I need true CMS instead. Anyway... since I am too lazy to do relocate to other system and even one friend of mine having same problem I decided to make my first Worpress hack (or plugin how its cool to call hacks now :) ). (more...)